Jobless Reincarnation: Emiya the Great Hero Must Show His True Skills

Unexpectedly, Shirou would take the initiative to stand up and take care of Rudeus.

Paul and Senis were immediately surprised.

Even so, they cannot be so easily at ease.

Just as Senis was about to voice her objections, Lilia spoke up, "Master, Madam, don't worry, I will take good care of Shirou and Rudeus."

"Lilia, are you coming?"

"Yes, Buena Village is a peaceful place with virtually no danger. I can handle my living problems on my own."

"This……"

Paul and Senis fell silent, surprised that Lilia would say such a thing.

After discussing it with each other, the two felt that this was barely feasible.

Even so, they tried to shorten the trip as much as possible, determined to return within two days, ideally in just one day, to conclude their meeting with their old friends.

Chapter 16 The Story of Rudius

Rudius is a time traveler.

Before he traveled through time, he was neither a student nor an office worker, he had neither his own career nor any ideals to realize.

He suffered extreme bullying during high school, where he was stripped naked and hung at the school gate, and was ridiculed by everyone in the school.

From then on, he never left his room again in his previous life. He stayed in that small room, living a life that was almost gray and filled with despair.

As the body becomes increasingly obese and greasy, the soul gradually deteriorates, becoming utterly ugly.

"There is a cliff in front of you. If you take a step forward, you will fall hard to the ground. However, if you stand still, you will continue to suffer insults. The choice is yours."

I don't know when I heard such a thing.

Rudeus in his previous life deeply understood these words.

Because he truly became that weak person who hesitated and gave up on being shattered to pieces, and thus endured endless abuse and everyone's accusations.

Even so, he still lacked the courage to take that step and the resolve to endure being shattered to pieces.

But was it all my fault?

Is everything my own fault?

While it may seem that way, is it really true just because it is?

Anyone who fell into my situation would be just as weak and helpless as I am, giving up on accepting reality and choosing to escape it...

In his previous life, Rudeus never wanted to see reality clearly; he constantly chose to escape reality and his own fate.

The end result was that he became a NEET after the age of thirty, penniless, homeless, and jobless, living a reckless life at home with the indulgence of his parents.

However, this kind of life also came to an end one day.

In his previous life, Rudeus was holed up in his house browsing pornographic websites, watching videos and indulging in a life of utter depravity when his eldest brother suddenly burst into the room with his siblings, placing a document announcing the severance of kinship in front of him without a word.

Never expecting something like this to happen so suddenly, Rudeus in his past life instinctively resisted, only to have his computer smashed to pieces by his older brother with a baseball bat and then given a severe beating.

The last thing I could barely hear was why he didn't attend his parents' funeral and why he had fallen to such a low level without any remorse...

These were words that should have struck right into his heart and deeply wounded his soul, but Rudeus in his past life reacted very calmly to them.

In his eyes, the deaths of his parents were not even as important as his smashed computer.

As for depravity...

Those who have fallen are so depraved that they cannot even see which level of hell they have fallen into, let alone turn around and climb out of hell.

And so, he was kicked out of the house by his furious older brother.

The eldest brother, who was once so gentle, constantly pleading with him to leave the house and even kneeling outside the door sobbing uncontrollably, has now become as cruel as a demon because of his own depravity.

This kind of older brother terrified him.

No, the scary person is yourself.

The real evil is yourself, isn't it...?

In his previous life, Rudeus eventually came to this realization, understanding that he himself was the one at fault.

After that, he was kicked out of his home and left to wander the streets, not knowing how to find work or how to survive his life on the streets.

—An absolute useless person.

Yes, it was only then that Rudeus in his previous life finally realized how powerless he was. Despite having lived for more than thirty years, he had not only failed to learn any skills, but also had no experience that he could be proud of.

Some people are only filled with self-righteousness, arguing and cursing with others online, and developing a meaningless sense of superiority in pointless situations...

Just when he was in the most confused period of his life, not knowing how to get through the day, the accident happened.

The accident was caused by a group of teenagers arguing in the street. Seemingly because of their youthful passion, they didn't even realize that they were in a very dangerous situation. Just then, a speeding truck rushed towards them at an extremely high speed.

"Danger...danger...danger..."

In his previous life, Rudeus wanted to issue a warning to these people, but his vocal cords had not been able to speak properly for more than ten years, and he could not even speak loudly.

At this point, he should have simply given up struggling and watched those teenagers die, with everything being none of his business as a bystander.

However, it would have been better if things had just stayed this way, if all we had to do was continue to run away.

But for some reason, my body started moving on its own.

A strong desire not to regret sprouted from the depths of my heart.

He then rushed out and, with his meaningless body that had wasted thirty years of his life, stood directly in front of the truck.

And then, he died.

There are no twists or turns, no emotional outpouring, and it's so uninteresting that you can't even write any extra thoughts about it in a novel.

Because the weight of life was not reflected in him at all.

The reason why a person's death is remembered is because of the unimaginable, enormous energy contained in the instant when the value accumulated during their life is unleashed.

The death of a great person has such immense power that it can shake the world. They are remembered after death and may even become heroic spirits, becoming a treasure of human civilization and planetary history.

Rudeus's death in his previous life was pure nothingness.

It has no value and no meaning whatsoever.

Simple death.

All the simplistic details of life, if added together, might not be as important as that final moment, the instant in which one sacrifices oneself to save a young boy or girl.

But at least, he made a choice at the end of his life.

Let it be pulverized into pieces.

Let it be pulverized into pieces.

Even if you fall off a cliff and are shattered to pieces, it is still the guidance of fate.

At least in this way, the meaning of life will be realized, and the value of death will no longer be nothingness.

Ultimately, in his previous life, Rudius was hit by a truck that weighed more than fifty times his own weight, and his body crashed into a concrete wall, killing him instantly.

Then, perhaps by coincidence, or perhaps as a reward he received after being shattered to pieces at the end of his life, he was transported to this world.

He was reborn as a baby, given the name Rudius Greirat, and began a new life.

Chapter 17 Fear or Guilt?

I've traveled through time.

Rudius became aware of this fact soon after his birth.

During the more than ten years he stayed at home, although he did nothing of value or anything of significance, he did a lot of meaningless and worthless things.

He has read countless web novels about transmigrating to other worlds.

Furthermore, he had no lingering attachment to his previous life.

He adapted to his life after transmigrating almost instantly.

A wonderful father, a gentle mother, a beautiful maid, and herself, the only child in such a family—there could be no better start.

This is how it should be.

However, when Rudius saw the red-haired boy, he instinctively felt an indescribable sense of confusion and fear.

Shirou Greirat.

Upon meeting this adopted son of the Grerat family, Rudius inexplicably recalled his elder brother from his previous life.

Although his elder brother in his previous life was always a very gentle person who took great care of him, and even when he was at his lowest point, he tried countless times to enlighten him and lead him out of his predicament.

However, even the gentle eldest brother eventually turned into a demon, completely destroying his utterly depraved self and driving him out of the house.

Upon seeing Shirou's appearance, Rudeus almost instinctively recalled his older brother's last expression.

An uncontrollable fear, or rather, guilt, spread from the depths of my heart.

This made Rudeus extremely unable to face Shirou, and even genuinely resisted contact with his brother in this life.

This went on for six months.

Although Shirou always treated him gently, made delicious food, and even showed more patience than his older brother in the previous life, the more Rudeus compared him to his older brother in the previous life.

If I make a mistake, will the other person turn into a demon, beat me with a baseball bat, and kick me out of the house?

Rudius couldn't help but have this thought, and his fear spread even further.

This made Rudeus even forget to consider the fact that Shirou might also be a time traveler.

He simply chose to escape as always, avoiding any contact with Shirou, and once he reached a certain age, he locked himself in the attic.

In this way, it almost completely overlaps with the experience of the previous life.

Am I going to repeat the same mistakes I made before?

Rudius himself felt doubt and frustration, but he had absolutely no way to alleviate the anxiety deep in his heart.

Fortunately, he has regretted his past mistakes to some extent throughout his life.

He realized that his biggest problem in his past life was that he had not been able to continuously hone a skill.

Yes, if I could spend my entire thirty-plus years of life focusing on the same thing and striving to do it to the best of my ability, wouldn't everything change?

With this in mind, Rudius began to study the Grerat family's collection of books and discovered that the language of this world was very similar to Japanese and was not difficult to learn.

In his previous life, he was actually a genius. He grew up surrounded by praise from others, but because he was too obsessed with self-satisfaction, he never used his intelligence in the right way.

Now that he has a chance to start over, he naturally begins to change himself.

In this way, Rudeus quickly learned the language of this world and discovered a book called "The Magic Textbook".

He then realized that magic existed in this world, and that humans could learn magic as long as they were willing to spend time studying it.

Rudeus then began learning magic from the basics and discovered that he unexpectedly possessed great magical talent.

Although he didn't know the average speed of this world, he mastered the use of magic almost completely on the first day and was able to release the condensed magic power as a stream of water.

He even quickly learned how to cast spells without chanting.

At that moment, Rudius felt extremely excited, even smug.

He felt that as long as he worked hard at something, he could achieve results and naturally have the hope of changing his life trajectory and getting a brand new life.

However, it seems to be due to fate, or it could simply be a coincidence.

His elder brother, Shirou, displayed his swordsmanship talent at almost the same time, splitting a rock placed in the Grellard's yard with a single strike.

When Paul saw Shirou split the rock, he felt very conflicted, feeling that he had lost face as a father.

But it was Rudius who was truly impacted at the time.

His newly built confidence, the feeling that he would never repeat the same mistakes in his life, and that he might even surpass his brother... vanished in an instant.

Rudius realized once again that his cleverness and his little tricks were completely useless.

After all, he didn't believe his magic could destroy such a large rock.

From that day on, Rudeus became more withdrawn, devoting all his time to practicing and studying magic.

He regarded his older brother Shirou as his inner demon, a huge shadow that he could not get rid of in his past life.

Only by surpassing Shirou and his brother can he achieve true redemption.